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50 Years of ERIC
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British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
Copyright laws are of great significance to teachers. The resources that they use in the classroom are an important element of the learning environment. The rapid adoption of digital formats for resources opens up many educational possibilities. On the other hand, the lack of access to these resources will increasingly challenge the relevance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Copyrights, Internet, Web Sites
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
This paper reports that the Education Program funding for 2009-2010 in the September 2009 budget update is about $128 million less than the funding allocated in the February 2009 budget announcement. As public-school funding comprises 95% of all Education Program Funding, this will have a significant impact on public education budgets. Instead of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Education, Budgets, Financial Support
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) seeks to foster a constructive discussion on the issue of standardized testing. To that end, the Federation urges the BC Ministry of Education to adopt a two-year moratorium on all standardized tests, including the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) and the Grade 10, 11, and 12 provincial…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, College Transfer Students
Naylor, Charlie; Vint, Amber – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
This paper presents British Columbia Teachers' Federation's (BCTF) research report that has produced tables which allow the BCTF and its locals to consider the prevalence of Salary Indemnity Plan (SIP) claims by school district. While the data shown in this report indicate high prevalence of stress in some school districts, they actually…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, School Districts, Stress Variables
White, Margaret – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
A new report by the Centre for Civic Governance of the Columbia Institute sheds light on why districts are struggling to balance their budgets while the Minister of Education claims they received the "highest funding ever." The $122 million increase in the current 2008-09 operating grant fell $15 million short of the $137 million required to cover…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Funding Formulas, Public Education, Costs
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2009
Protecting and improving education should be a top priority for the BC government. Unfortunately, much of this last decade has seen conditions in BC schools worsen, rather than improve. Recent government decisions have just added to existing shortfalls in funding for schools. Unless the BC government reverses direction, projections are for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Poverty, Educational Improvement
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